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Bethune College Prospectus 2019 B e t h u n e C o l l e g e P r o s p e c t u s 2 0 1 9 HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE Established in 1879,Bethune College is eponymous with generations of educated, enlightened and empowered women who have excelled in every sphere. Starting with the first women graduates of the University of Calcutta, Chandramukhi Basu and Kadambini Ganguly who went on to become the first Indian female Principal of Bethune College and the first practicing female doctor respectively, the institution has been the one of the flagship colleges of the Government of West Bengal in terms of quality driven education. The college has been twice accredited with the 'A' Grade by NAAC. Recently the institution was ranked 50th at the national level and 5th at the state level by the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF). This also made it the only Government college in West Bengal to feature within top 100 colleges of the country. The college boasts of alumna like Pritilata Waddedar, the celebrated revolutionary and Dr. Ashima Chatterjee, the renowned scientist. In the recent past, students like Dr. Aditi Sen De, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award winner, Dr. Nina Gupta, a mathematical prodigy who solved the unresolved 'Zariski Cancellation Problem' and Priyadarshini Das,national level table tennis player who is ranked 6th as per Table Tennis Federation of India in the Youth Women Table Tennis Players category, have made the college very proud. The college also boasts of eminent and erudite scholars who served in the capacity of lecturers at different times. Among the luminaries we have Baboo Shashi Bhushan Dutt, Kamini Ray, Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya and Sri Gopinath Bhattacharya, Sri Sushobhan Sarkar and many others. Stalwarts like Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, Lady Abala Basu, Sri Radha Binode Pal have served as committee members of the Governing Body of the college at different times. Today the college has a dedicated team of teachers who consistently upgrade and update themselves through active participation in research, publications, seminars and workshops. The earliest Honours Courses offered in the college under the regulation of the University of Calcutta were in English and Sanskrit in 1917. In 1923, the college got affiliation at the I.Sc. level and Mathematics and Philosophy were added to the list of Honours subjects. Today, the college has affiliation in 16 Honours subjects, and 6 Post Graduate courses. Bethune College has a record of consistent and excellent academic results. Many students, since the inception of the college, have topped University merit lists and won many medals and honours from the University. During the session 2018-19 as many as 126 students obtained First Class marks. Special mention must also be made of 34 of our students who secured ranks at the university level in the B.A. / B. Sc Honours Final Examination 2018. The college has received a grant from DST-FIST that provides aids to strengthen teaching and research facilities in all science departments of the college, especially in Postgraduate Departments. In addition to that, the college has also received a considerable amount under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). Bethune College is the foremost among the colleges in West Bengal to have been selected for this programme. With the present total roll strength (Arts and Science together) approximately 1300 and the number of sanctioned posts in teaching at 115, Bethune College continues its journey as the pioneer institution of women's education, spanning a period of 140 years. 01 B e t h u n e C o l l e g e P r o s p e c t u s 2 0 1 9 FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S PROFILE OF THE COLLEGE DESK Location and another one in Kadambini Bhavan - have been upgraded et up in 1879 Bethune College has an illustrious history The college follows a totally transparent and free of bias to smart classrooms for facilitating teaching - learning and a record of all round excellence in the contemporary admission policy in which merit is the only criterion for The college is located in a prime position, in the heart of process. Recently the college has also undertaken the light scenario of higher education in India. The college selection. Our students are nurtured and mentored by a North Kolkata, situated opposite to Hedua (now known as vertical extension of Kadambini Bhavan. produced the first two lady graduates of the entire set of brilliant teachers who are simultaneously Azad Hind Bagh) and is accessible by public transport. One British India – Prof.Chandramukhi Basu and Dr. Kadambini engaged in high quality research. Among the UG can also reach the college by Metro railway. The college is a In the year 2010, a renovated three storied building named Basu (Ganguly). Even today these two outstanding women colleges of our country this is one of the few that provide five minutes' walk from Girish Park Metro Rail Station. PRITILATA BHAVAN was inaugurated in commemoration of symbolize the mission and vision of Bethune College. In those open access library facilities to students. the birth centenary of Smt. Pritilata Wadder, the renowned days of purdah, they demolished all barriers with conviction and Infrastructure freedom fighter, who was a student of this college. This On behalf of all teachers and non-teaching staff determination and excelled in their respective professions. Dr. The Principal's chamber and the College office have been building provides rooms for English, Bengali and Kadambini Ganguly eventually became one of the leading members of Bethune College, I invite all eligible Mathematics Post-Graduate classes, one laboratory for meritorious students including those from the poorest located in the ground floor of the oldest Heritage building for medical practitioners of her time in a completely male- the past 140 years. The first floor houses the department of Botany and one for Zoology Department. Moreover, this dominated world and Prof. Chandramukhi Basu took the chair of families to take admission in this college. The college Economics. The latest addition to the Heritage building is a building has two Multifacility Centres for Science and Arts the first Principal of Bethune College and toiled to place the takes every care to process large number of state-of-the-art Seminar Room funded by RUSA. each, meant for interdisciplinary research purpose. college in the right track of imparting empowering education scholarships funded by the Govt. of West Bengal, Union A newly constructed building beside the Chandramukhi aimed to ensure true freedom of women. Govt. and various other agencies. Special mention must VIDYASAGAR BHAVAN, the renovated and renamed Christ be made of the meticulous effort of our teaching and Church Building with its large rooms, high ceilings, wooden Bhavan houses the Science Library and also an auditorium All through these years the sustained and successful endeavour non-teaching staff because of which a large number of staircases and balconies, is also a Heritage building. The that was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Minster-in-Charge, of generations of committed teachers and talented students for poor girl students have received monetary support Departments of English, Bengali, Sanskrit, Hindi, Political Department of Higher Education and Parliamentary Affairs, academic excellence in a rapidly changing world scenario of under the Kanyashri Prakalpa of the Govt. of West Science, History, Philosophy, Mathematics, Computer Dr. Partha Chattopadhyay on the Annual Prize Day this year. higher education, has earned this college a unique place in Bengal. Also every year many students are routinely Science, Laboratories of Physics & the office of Alumni Among the recently inaugurated infrastructural facilities are women's education of India. The success stories of numerous provided monetary help from the Students' Aid Fund Association are housed in this building. The Annexe the Nivedita Prayer Hall cum Classroom, a lift and a ramp for students of this college in different walks of life and in different sustained by regular contribution of the teachers. We building houses Statistics Department on the first floor and the physically challenged students at Kadambini Bhavan. corners of the world testify to this. The college has been twice reiterate that historically in the premises of Bethune Computer Laboratory, Sports Room on the ground floor in CCTV surveillance has been arranged in the college for assessed and accredited with Grade A by the NAAC. It has also College lack of money has never been a constraint for addition to several class rooms. security purposes. been recognized by the UGC as a College with Potential for the pursuit of quality higher education. I am confident Excellence. In 2019 the College has been ranked 50th in the that all stakeholders of this historic college will ever CHANDRAMUKHI BHAVAN is the science building of the Departments College Category under the National Institutional Ranking remain committed to the legacy of high standard of college, accommodating the departments of Physics, Framework (NIRF). The Department of Science & Technology, holistic and empowering education for which Bethune Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. It was inaugurated in 1961 The College has 17 undergraduate departments combining Govt. of India, has extended handsome financial support to most College enjoys international reputation. This campus by Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose and is situated just beside the both the Arts and Science faculties where Honours courses of the science departments under its prestigious DST-FIST teaches the students how to become meaningfully Centenary Building (Kadambini Bhavan). (except in Women's Studies) and associated generic programme. Presently the college is also successfully competent, efficient, hardworking, disciplined and elective courses are taught. No independent general course During the centenary year of the College, KADAMBINI implementing various upgradation projects under the Rashtriya productively innovative while inculcating the curriculum is offered to students.
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